The name Zane is of English origin, and means God is good.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Zane has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Zane
Use of the Name Zane for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
24,093
21,652
18,304
12,305
7,266
3,020
1,436
The table below indicates the number of times the name Zane has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Zane first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1921, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Zane
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1921
928
58
1922
794
72
1923
739
79
1924
706
87
1925
764
75
1926
595
112
1927
762
75
1928
712
81
1929
879
58
1930
741
74
1931
733
71
1932
690
81
1933
638
83
1934
715
74
1935
667
80
1936
771
63
1937
907
48
1938
785
62
1939
790
60
1940
748
68
1941
874
53
1942
850
60
1943
841
62
1944
958
46
1945
914
50
1946
875
57
1947
842
68
1948
706
90
1949
813
71
1950
829
69
1951
828
73
1952
820
74
1953
708
101
1954
709
106
1955
706
108
1956
683
121
1957
598
166
1958
635
147
1959
627
152
1960
716
119
1961
626
161
1962
636
148
1963
655
143
1964
720
115
1965
736
102
1966
756
95
1967
715
108
1968
680
123
1969
734
114
1970
691
144
1971
722
131
1972
677
141
1973
708
129
1974
710
135
1975
742
126
1976
717
137
1977
743
133
1978
652
166
1979
635
184
1980
629
193
1981
594
208
1982
563
232
1983
588
208
1984
556
240
1985
475
331
1986
451
371
1987
494
323
1988
470
377
1989
459
421
1990
434
510
1991
443
496
1992
373
621
1993
347
691
1994
325
777
1995
332
771
1996
291
918
1997
271
1,041
1998
268
1,072
1999
253
1,237
2000
246
1,367
2001
251
1,327
2002
222
1,552
2003
220
1,584
2004
231
1,436
Totals:
24,093
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Zane as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Zane appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 84 times during the last 125 years.